title: 'Creating a protective picture:' a grounded theory of RN decision making when using a charting-by-exception documentation system.
abstract: Creating a protective picture, a grounded theory, describes the three-step process medical-surgical nurses use in deciding whether to follow a charting-by-exception policy.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Noël
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009737:Nursing Records; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D014481:United States